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Electric Power Course 2: Grids, Control Areas & VARs

Architect Training Course

This 1-hour online course discusses the regional grids, what is a grid, and interconnections. The use of the grid for power transfers including its operation and control is reviewed. The importance of Kirchhoff''s Law, the flow of power on parallel paths, and reactive power are discussed. The newly emerging power exchanges, ISOs, and RTOs are reviewed.

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end.

This course is one of a series of three, successively entitled:

  1. Electric Power: Really Basic Stuff About Electricity
  2. Electric Power: Grids, Control Areas, & VARs
  3. Electric Power: Transfers & the New Structure of the Industry

This particular course, the second in the series, covers synchronous interconnections (or ôgridsö), control areas, and VARs (ôvolt-amperes reactive,ö a.k.a. ôimaginary powerö).

At the conclusion of this course the student will:

  • Understand the existing bulk power grid in the United States and how it is used and controlled.
  • Be familiar with Kirchhoff''s Law, the flow of power on parallel paths, and reactive power.

Course Level: Fundamental

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